Republic of the Philippines

Southern Leyte State University-College of Teacher Education

San Isidro, Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte

MIDTERM EXAM in Communication Arts

General Directions: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of these is the external sound present in the channels of communication?
a. Noise b. Semantic problem c. Cultural barriers d. Over communication
2. This is the process where the information you would like to communicate gets transferred into a form to be
sent and decoded by the receiver.
a. Decoding b. Encoding c. Expounding d. Evaluating
3. In this model, communication is considered one-way process where sender is the only one who sends
message and receiver doesn’t give feedback or response.
a. Interactive b. Transactional c. Linear d. Shannon and Weaver Model
4. The following are characteristics of language, EXCEPT _______________.
a. Language is a combination of sounds
b. Language is arbitrary
c. Language is static
d. Language identifies culture
5. This refers to the definitions that are accepted by the language group as a whole, or the dictionary meaning
of a word.
a. Connotation b. Syntax c. Morphology d. Denotation
6. Which best describes Intercultural communication?
a. Studying beliefs and culture in a place you belong
b. Studying traditions in a particular country
c. Studying communication across different cultures
d. Studying things across different places
7. This is a type of listening that provides emotional support for the speaker, as when we lend to a
sympathetic ear to a friend.
a. Appreciative b. Emphatic c. Sympathetic d. Critical
8. The following are the processes/stages of listening, EXCEPT ____________.
a. Filtering b. Understanding c. Evaluating d. Exploring
9. Which of the following statements best describes Collaborative Critical Listeners?
a. They seek ways to find value in the combination of ideas and inputs.
b. They apply the elements of reasoning to information, claims and ideas.
c. They ask follow – up questions until they achieved understanding
d. They never paraphrase speaker’s statements to demonstrate understanding
10. What does the Acronym LSD mean?
a. Listing, Summarizing and Decoding
b. Labeling, Synthesizing and Decoding
c. Listening, Summarizing and Digging Deeper
d. Listening, Synthesizing and Digging deeper
11. Communication involves change in behavior. Which of the following situations best supports this
statement?
a. Ana becomes obedient to her family after joining the Youth for Christ activity.
b. Jhon neglects everything he hears and stays as the way he is.
c. Andrie arrives late as always no matter what people say.
d. Sam always believes that action speaks louder than words.
12. Communication is a pervasive activity. What does this feature of communication mean?
a. Communication is arbitrary
b. Communication exists everywhere
c. Communication is static
d. Communication is dynamic
13. Which is the best situation that shows metacognition?
a. Jason thinks that he is capable of doing great things.
b. Sarah does think-pair share activity with Leon.
c. May analyze her own ideas and infer what might happen.
 d. Jaharra learns concept mapping in English class.
14. Which situation shows Critical Listening?
a. Daryl listens the pop music and enjoys it very much.
b. Gloria listens to the speech of the mayor and said that it is true.
c. Erna listens to solemn and holy music in the church.
d. Jay listens to critical sounds coming from Debate 2019.
15. Is hearing and listening the same thing? Why?
a. YES. We hear when we listen and when we listen, we hear.
b. No. Listening occurs when we understand and respond on what we hear.
c. YES. Both are useful in communication process
d. NO. Both they are never connected with each other.
16. Critical listening involves critical thinking and judgement. Which of the following scenarios depicts this
fact?
a. Listening to a music while studying.
b. Appreciating a Debate by merely listening.
c. Listening to a Debate to decide who to vote for
d. Listening and putting it into writing
17. How does Analytical and Critical listening differ from each other?
a. YES. We hear when we listen and when we listen, we hear.
b. No. Listening occurs when we understand and respond on what we hear.
c. YES. Both are useful in communication process
d. NO. Both they are never connected with each other.
18. Which of the following best describe metacognition?
a. Thinking about thinking and knowing about knowing
b. Becoming aware of one’s awareness and higher order thinking skills
c. Both of them
d. None of them
19. How do you solve communication breakdown?
a. Know your topic
b. know your audience
c. All of them
d. None of them
20. Noise is not a problem at which stage of communication process?
a. source
b. decoding
c. receiver
d. None of them
21. How does understanding occur in a communication process?
a. When each party is able to say what they want to without the other person interrupting
b. When each party can agree on what was being communicated without the need for inferences
c. When each party is able to provide feedback
d. When each party gets a chance to provide feedback
23. Which situation portrays displacement in communication?
a. The dog barks “arf-arf-arf” to its owner yesterday.
b. The baby cried louder than before.
c. The bees produce “zzzzzzzzzz” sounds near the beautiful flowers.
d. The man said that he loves swimming in the beach.

24. What would result if language acquisition device is not innate in human beings?
a. Human beings still produce audible sounds with significant meanings.
b. Human beings cannot learn and produce comprehensible input.
c. Human beings cannot produce tones anymore.
d. Human beings are capable of uttering complex sentences.
25. Which stem best supports that Language is symbolic?
a. Language use ideas that imply symbolic features.
b. Language is represented by many language symbols.
c. Language compose of non-verbal and verbal.
d. Language can be use symbolism approach.
26. Choose which signifies the connotative meaning of the word writing?
a. Writing academic texts are important for students.
b. With writing skill, we can write diaries for our everyday life memories.
c. Through time, we are writing our own destiny of life.
d. I am writing you this message through letter.
27. How can you practice metacognition in listening?
a. Listen-pause-think of possible ideas-listen again-think and rationalize
b. Think and listen to the message send by the sender to you.
c. Appreciate the thoughts implied in the content pass.
d. Judge whatever poems and essays you encounter.
28. What best question would you ask to get the correct language meaning?
a. Is this the symbol you like me to bring?
b. What possible symbol you like us to bring?
c. What are the clarifications about the symbol?
d. Which symbol are you trying to emphasize?
29. What would result if communication stages are not followed correctly?
A. Communication still occurs but there are difficulties happen.
b. Communication does undergo adaptation to the context.
c. Communication is corrective.
d. There is no effective communication.
30. Why language is considered productive?
a. because of infinite number of utterances we can make.
b. because of definite number of words coined everywhere.
c. because language can be produced by anyone.
d. because language is use to express feelings.
31. Which stem best shows denotative meaning?
a. The rainbow shows its emotions through colors.
b. Teachers are the fountain of knowledge.
c. If your noisy, I will spank you.
d. Go to the world and multiply.
32. Which situation shows cultural identity?
a. Aguinaldo love the Philippines very much.
b. Tomas spends 2 years in America and speaks English fluently.
c. Basyang expects her kids to kiss her hand when they arrive.
d. Mang Tomas trains his son to eat using chopsticks.
33. In message relay, which is the barrier in listening?
a. Gestures portray
b. Physical movements
c. Appearances of members
d. Noise
34. How can you contribute to active listening process.
a. Listen attentively to the teacher when you are called.
b. Listen and nod as you understand the message.
c. Participate to the class through writing essays.
d. Collaborate with others for group discussions.
Test V. Synthesis
Directions. Create a scenario depicting a desirable environment in terms of communication and active
listening.
13 Points.

CRITERIA POINT
Accurate example that reflects or 8
illustrates listening process
Complete, well-structured answers 5